Illinois Gov Pritzker sued by Romanian churches for assembly ban, worship discrimination
Two Romanian churches filed an appeal of their federal lawsuit against Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his unconstitutional executive orders discriminating against churches by restricting in-person worship services More...
Pakistan: Muslim mob attack and damage Shekhupura church, desecrating cross
On Saturday, May 9, a mob of Muslim men attacked and damaged a church in Hakeempura, located in Pakistan’s Shekhupura district. As a result of the attack, the church’s wall and main gate were damaged and a cross More...
Chinese government targets Christians in the wake of COVID, takes down crosses, raiding churches
Across China, the Chinese government continues its crackdown against Christianity, with ongoing raids, cross removal, and disbandment activities. According to Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness (CCFR), More...
Indian Pastor Mukam Kiraad Charged with Illegally Practicing Medicine, can get three years in prison
According to Morning Star News, a pastor and two other Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state were arrested last month after being falsely accused of illegally practicing medicine. The foundation for the outrageous More...
China sentences Pastor Wang Yi to 9 years in prison for ‘subversion of state power’ and ‘illegal business’
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Wang Yi from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Sichuan was sentenced to nine years in prison for “subversion of state power” and “illegal More...
During Hong Kong Protests Chinese officials target Catholics, ‘unofficial’ churches
As anti-extradition law protests continue to escalate in Hong Kong, the Chinese government is targeting underground Catholics in China who refuse to join official churches and could potentially form alliance with More...
San Diego church vandalized after Pastor Amada Huizar objected Drag Queen story time with kids
Executive Pastor Amado Huizar and his Chula Vista church in San Diego faced the backlash from the LGBTQ community or radical actisit after Huizar objected to the Drag Queen library times with children. During Washington More...
US State Department declares Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan a Global Terrorist as leader of Philippines Islamic State, ISIS
On September 10, the U.S. government declared the leader of the Islamic State’s militant branch in the Philippines as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and placed him under U.S. sanctions. According to the More...
Esvin Perez shot in South Carolina church, manhunt continues for shooter
A manhunt in South Carolina continues as a gunman fled a Columbia area church during service Sunday shooting, firing multiple shots, leaving one man, Esvin Perez, in critical condition. Forest Acres Police Chief More...
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco shot and killed at Mexico church during Sunday gathering
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was shot during Sunday’s gathering for service on Sunday as Fraternidad Cristiana church in Tlalixtac de Cabrera, a town in Oaxaca, La Prensa reported. There are mixed More...
Iraqi Church Defaced by ISIS Rededicated
(International Christian Concern)– When ISIS invaded the Iraqi Christian city of Qeraqosh in 2014, they destroyed every symbol of Christianity that they found. The Church of Mar Behnam and Mart Sarah was one of More...
Young Christian in Sri Lanka Assaulted by Radical Monks
(International Christian Concern) –Earlier this month, on August 4, a young Christian belonging to the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka was attacked and beaten by a group of radical Buddhist monks. According to More...
Sri Lanka ‘radical Buddhist’ monks break into a Christian church, attacked student says Bishop Asiri Perera
Earlier this month, on August 4, a young Christian belonging to the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka was attacked and beaten by a group of radical Buddhist monks. According to local Christians, news of the attack shook More...
Small Church Destroyed in Apparent Arson in Southern India
(International Christian Concern) –On Monday, August 12, a small church made of wooden poles and thatch was set on fire and completely destroyed by unknown people in Thakkallepadu village, approximately 80 miles More...
Indonesia Muslim scholar Abdul Somad says Christian cross is ‘an element of the devil’
A Muslim preacher in Indonesia, has sparked religious controversy since a video of him calling the Christian cross “an element of the devil” during a sermon went viral on social media. The insulting remarks More...
Nepal: Tul Bahadur Pariyar, Rupa Sonam, Chandrakali Rawat, and Bhim Kumari arrested for preaching
According to The Annapurna Express, four Christians in Nepal have been arrested and charged under the country’s strict anti-conversion law. This report comes only days after authorities in Nepal released a 73-year-old More...
Christian Cho Yusang released from Nepal jail after arrest for handing out Bibles, leaflets
A 73-year old Christian, Cho Yusang was released from jail in Nepal on August 7, 2019 after being arrested for two weeks because he was allegedly forcefully converting Nepali locals. He was arrested on July 23, More...
China silent on Qin Derfu’s detention as wife Xiao Hongliu seeks answers
After her husband was arrested in the December 9th crackdown last year, the wife of a detained Christian from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) has been longing to hear about the update of her husband’s More...
Pakistan Muslims attack Christian church during prayer, beating men and women
On July 23, Internal Salvation Church, a church located in Bhiki village in the Sheikhupura district of Punjab, was attacked by a mob of Muslim men. According to local reports, these men barged into the church during More...
Philippines church reopens in the wake of deadly suicide bombing, Jonathan Luciano says it’s ‘inspiring’
A cathedral targeted in a suicide bombing attack in southern Philippines that killed 20 people and injured over 100 people has opened its doors, six months after the tragedy. Christian Today reports that last week, More...
